Based on a novel by Terry PratchettNATIONAdapted by Mark Ravenhill SCREENING FEBRUARY 13 & 14 in 2010 |
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TWO PERFORMANCES ONLY - SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN 10+ YEARS |
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An exhilerating adventure story of survival and self-discovery Following His Dark Materials, Coram Boy and War Horse, the National stages Mark Ravenhill's exhilerating adaptation of Terry Pratchett's latest witty and challenging adventure story in a world premiere. Oh I think you think I want to eat you but - no no no - I am offering you afternoon tea - over there - in one hour... There's no demons, no gods. Just me. And the waves and the sun and birth and death. And there's no reason for anything. I'm sorry: that's just the way it seems to me. A parallel world, 1860. Two teenagers thrown together by a tsunami that has destroyed Mau's village and left Daphne shipwrecked on his South Pacific island, thousands of miles from home. One wears next to nothing, the other a long white dress; neither speaks the others language; somehow they must learn to survive. As starving refugees gather, Daphne delivers a baby, milks a pig, brews beer and does battle with a mutineer. Mau fights cannibal Raiders, discovers the world is round and questions the reality of his tribe's fiercely patriarchal gods. Together they come of age, overseen by a foul-mouthed parrot, as they discard old doctine to forge a new nation. Suitable for children 10 years and over.
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DIRECTOR Melly Still
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SET DESIGNERS M. Still & M. Friend |
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SET DESIGNER Dinah Collin |
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LIGHTING DESIGNER Paul Anderson |
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MUSIC Adrian Sutton |
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"Nation will hold adults and children in thrall" - Charles Spencer |  |
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| INTERVIEW WITH DIRECTOR MELLY STILL | |
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| INTERVIEW WITH MARK RAVENHILL |  |
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